Everton - Midfielder Darron Gibson has been ruled out for a month with a thigh injury, but the Toffees are boosted by the return of Marouane Fellaini, who has served a three-game ban. However, they are still expected to be without Phil Neville (knee), Seamus Coleman (hamstring), Tony Hibbert (calf) and Kevin Mirrallas (hamstring).

A WORD FROM BOTH CAMPSAlan Pardew, Newcastle manager: "Everton have had a great 2012. I think I saw a stat which said they were the third best Premier League team in the calendar year. At Manchester United on Boxing Day and for 70 minutes against Arsenal we played as well as we have. We've just got to continue that, tighten ourselves up a little bit and we will be okay."

David Moyes, Everton manager: "Alan has a good team and they showed it last season. I'm sure they will do that again, and they might be like Everton - they might improve over the second half of the season and still find themselves in a lofty position. We are going up to a club which has a fantastic fanbase, and we know it will be very hard."